Despite the growing critical relevance of Shakespeare's two
Venetian plays and a burgeoning bibliography on both The Merchant
of Venice and Othello, few books have dealt extensively with the
relationship between Shakespeare and Venice. Setting out to offer
new perspectives to a traditional topic, this timely collection
fills a gap in the literature, addressing the new historical,
political and economic questions that have been raised in the last
few years. The essays in this volume consider Venice a real as well
as symbolic landscape that needs to be explored in its multiple
resonances, both in Shakespeare's historical context and in the
later tradition of reconfiguring one of the most represented cities
in Western culture. Shylock and Othello are there to remind us of
the dark sides of the myth of Venice, and of the inescapable fact
that the issues raised in the Venetian plays are tremendously
topical; we are still haunted by these theatrical casualties of
early modern multiculturalism.
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